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Ducklings in the road

To start of, I have a little story to tell about a man, driving in his car at dawn. He’s going down the road, minding his own business, listening to the bible on his mp3 player, and he sees a small figure waddling in the road not too far ahead of him. He’s cruising along at a good clip on the turnpike, and a duck is about half way into his lane up ahead.

It’s not just a duck. It’s a duck leading a procession of ducklings across the turnpike. Cars whizzing past her.

The man didn’t even think, didn’t give more than a cursory look. He just swerved. And he missed them all.

Those ducklings most likely got killed, and the duck with them. But at least the man didn’t kill them.

He could have caused an accident like that.

Dexter

I got home yesterday and I figured I’d sit down and watch some TV after checking my email and whatnot. I did some searching around for what’s good TV, and yet again Dexter came up. I was just like “whatever, I’ll watch the first episode and see what it’s like”. I tend to shy away from HBO and Showtime shows because they’re usually vulgar, full of profanity and nudity. Not all of them. I mean, Stargate SG-1 had nudity in it’s first episode, and not any more thereafter.

So anyway, I turn Dexter on and watch the first episode. And the second episode. And the third episode.

Yeah, I’m hooked.